Comments on: Where the Apple iPad Fits into the Business World

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:01:13 +0000

Travis, thought I can understand your comments, they are far from valid. Yes, Apple takes “technology” that is already there. There are lots of multi-touch tablets out there. Oh wait, their isn’t. MS came out with “tablets”, this was a very lose term. All they did was allow you take a laptop screen and turn it flat. Then write on it. Concept, if you can touch a screen with your finger, why not a pen. I can guarantee that there will be an app designed for free writing and note taking. Apple does not claim they invented the wheel. Instead they were smart. They let MS create the wheel (Insert Windows Vista), what they did was perfect the wheel (Inset any Mac OS). Apple is known for going to the next level. The fact is there, THERE IS NO TABLET THAT MATCHES ALL THE SPECS OF THE IPAD. There is nothing that is as small, fast, or versatile. It was funny watching Lenovo’s version, and as the presenter was trying to “show it off” is continued to rotate the computer…. and the best part was, the screen never changed! No one is claiming that the Ipad will replace computers or laptops as we know them. That’s not the point. The point is that is changing the way you think and view the world. Yes, it is just a big ass iphone, What’s wrong with that?? Have you ever used an iPhone and thought, damn I wish this was bigger so I could do more with it? Well, now it is. The iPhone was a revolution to the cell phone world. It took things that Palm and Blackberry had been trying to do for years, and made it work! That’s called a successful plan. I would take my iPhone and put it up against any other “smart” phone and I will tell you right now who will win. Besides, Apple only makes fun of MS because it’s just so damn easy. I mean, how do you not laugh when your competitor and the “leader” in the industry puts out so many flawed products!! And then to top it off they hire Jerry Seinfield (One hit wonder) to help cover it up….. MS spent more money creating advertising to combat the failure of Vista, than they did actually fixing all their issues with it. Hence the reason Windows7 was created. This is what a tablet should be. MS does not have anything like this out. It’s not make to be a laptop or a desktop, it is a tablet. It allows you to work on documents on the go with easy and access, not play WoW while your on the DC Metro or writing up your 1000 page thesis. Stop asking a product to do something its not designed to do. Instead learn what it was actually created for.

By: sony ericsson handy

sony ericsson handy — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:04:58 +0000

The Ipad looks like fun to play with, but I doubt if you can really work with it? But many people will buy it because of it look.

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:46:15 +0000

Wtf, Apple is the Obama of computers. Tablets have been out for years. When MS was building steam on them, Apple mocked them. Apple was releasing statements about how useless tablets are. When MS started touting a cheaper price for a less computer-like tablet (a la iPad), Apple made fun of them for trying to polish a turd.

Now, Apple comes out with the same exact thing. All Apple ever does is take technology that’s already available and puts their name on it and says it’s for cool people…and then the cool sheep follow along. I don’t have any preference over Apple or MS, but I can’t stand Apple when they pull this crap. MS has their bad habits, but Apple’s are just annoying more than anything.

By: Daniel Peiser

Daniel Peiser — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:53:32 +0000

I can’t see it used in schools, no physical keyboard, no pen or stylus to take notes… I bet typing on the on screen keyboard it’s not so comfortable after a while. Unless every classroom is equipped with keyboard docks…

The price is sexy though. And it will get lower by Christmas.